cameronlee

  • Is This Gonna Be Dangerous?

    The most common concern we hear about the journey we’re starting is, “isn’t the foreign service going to be so dangerous? Especially for the kids?” A few days ago, there…

  • When Black Friday Comes

    So many secrets… but my salary is public!

  • How We Did It

    Getting into the Foreign Service is seriously hard. No one will say *how* hard… that’s a state secret, supposedly? And there were some parts of the process that I swore…

  • Challenge Accepted

    I’m really going to miss my coworkers.

  • Cars and Africa and “It depends.”

    How do you make decisions about the future when you don’t know where you’re going? I’m talking about cars, but also everything else we own. We’ve got a VW Tiguan…

  • WE’RE IN!

    WE DID IT WE GOT IN TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE JEN! WHAT HAVE WE DONE! (we got notice that I’m in. I start July 5th in DC. Holy priceless collection…

  • Why go through with it?

    Why join the foreign service? Why upend our perfectly great life? Cameron’s answer: Someone’s got to do it! Why not us?We have to do something! Why not this? I don’t…

  • FAQ: You’re doing what? Why!?

    What are you doing? I’m joining the Foreign Service as a medical provider. I will work at United States embassies, providing healthcare for the other people who work at those…